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THE WAR AGAINST THE RULL
by Van Vogt, A.E
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition (stated). Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of Van Vogt's alien-shapeshifter adventure, expanded into a novel from six connected short stories originally published in Astounding Science Fiction. 7.75'' x 4.75''. Original quarter black cloth with red boards. In original unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. 244 pages. Minor edgewear to boards. Pages toned. Light wear to jacket, spine sunned with minor chipping to ends.
Synopsis
Ace #87180. Cover art by John Schoenherr. This novel is a fix-up of six short stories which originally appeared in "Astounding Science Fiction": Co-Operate -- Or Else! (1942), The Second Solution (1942), The Sound (1950), The Green Forest (1949), The Rull (1948), and Repetition (1940) (a.k.a. The Gryb).
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45013
- Title
- THE WAR AGAINST THE RULL
- Author
- Van Vogt, A.E
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Science Fiction,1950s
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About the Seller
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